Deck Cravin: BACKYARD SERIES part 2

To figure out what we wanted and needed W and I spent some solid thinking time last summer on our muskoka chairs squeezing our mind grapes for grand ideas. After relaxing working through bevies ideas I was finally able to draft up a rough sketch of our “dream deck”. (See pic in part 1 post).

To make sure our dreams were in check we broke out the tape measure, some wooden stakes and pretended to walk through the layout. Here’s what’s on our must have list:

Deck Wish List:
– built in seating area (to minimize # of chairs and maximize seating), kinda like here:

built in seating, patio table addition option, Houzz.com

– garden/plants to liven up the space
– create a deck “wall” to hide the side of the garage– include a strong ceiling beam to use for lighting and shading options kinda like here:

Beam framing, cdn.freshome.com

PREP: This step was the step I was dreading the most and I am so pumped that we were able to plough through this. As a result of our massive drain project we had dumped a ton of dug-up clay, gravel and pea stone on one future area of our deck. We inevitably had to “deal with it” moving it in order to move forward. Check out my instagram pic of the “beauty in the rough” that we came across 🙂

Looking forward to sharing part 3 so you can see our progress!

If you’re looking to enhance your patio/backyard space check out this article A room with a view from the President’s Choice site (Man! They’ve really got everything covered).

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